Miyetti Allah Chairman, Adamu Aliyu killed In Abuja (Photo)

JomogNews Nigeria reports that gunmen have killed chairman of the Miyyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) of Gwagwalada Area Council of FCT Adamu Aliyu.

Secretary of MACBAN, Mohammed Usman, who confirmed the death of Aliyu said he was killed alongside four others near Daku village in Dobi ward of the council on Thursday, around 5 pm.

The late MACBAN chairman alongside others, were returning from Izom market in Niger state in Dyna truck, while the bandits suddenly emerged from the bush and opened fire on the truck.

The bandits shattered the windscreen of the truck, which was conveying the late MACBAN and some passengers.

According to findings, three persons were abducted while three others who sustained gunshot wounds are receiving treatment at the University of Teaching Hospital in Gwagwalada.

“They were returning from Izom market in Niger state where they went to sell cows, until just one kilometer to Daku village when the bandits suddenly emerged from the bush and opened fire on the truck, killing the MACBAN chairman and four others,” he said.

He gave the names of those killed as Saleh, Aliyu, Muhammadu and Saidu, saying the deceased’s corpses had been buried according to Islamic rites.

The report monitored by JomogNews on Daily Trust stated that combined security agents comprising of soldiers, civil defence corps, mobile police and vigilante led by the Gwagwalada police area commander were at Daku village before the remains of the deceased were buried.

The chairman of Gwagwalada Area Council, Alhaji Adamu Mustapha, confirmed the incident to our reporter on telephone but declined to speak further, saying he was in a meeting and that he would call back later.

When contacted, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Public Relations Office, DSP Josephine Adeh said she was not aware of the incident as of the time of filing this report.

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